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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to
designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act), for Cirsium loncholepis (La Graciosa thistle),
Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc yerba santa), and Deinandra increscens
ssp. villosa [= Hemizonia increscens ssp. villosa] (Gaviota tarplant).
Approximately 27,046 hectares (ha) (66,830 acres (ac)) in San Luis
Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California, are proposed for
designation of critical habitat. Critical habitat receives protection
from destruction or adverse modification through required consultation
under section 7 of the Act with regard to actions carried out, funded,
or authorized by a Federal agency. Section 4 of the Act requires us to
consider economic and other relevant impacts when specifying any
particular area as critical habitat.
We solicit data and comments from the public on all aspects of this
proposal, including data on economic and other impacts of the
designation. We may revise this proposal prior to final designation to
incorporate or address new information received during the comment
period.
The stretch of coast between Pismo Dunes State Preserve and Point
Sal has recently been the focus of a regional conservation planning
effort spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (TNC n.d.). They
consider this area, referred to as the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, to be
one of only four out of the thirteen dune areas in California that
remain relatively natural and undisturbed. Their vision document
includes a four-point plan that calls for: (1) Protection of specific
parcels that support floodplain habitat, the Unocal Guadalupe Oil
Field, the dune scrub lands east of the State Vehicular Recreation
Area, and areas where dune margins interface with agricultural and
ranching lands. This area overlaps in large part with one of the
proposed critical habitat units in this rule. Other measures call for:
(2) ensuring the health of the dune ecosystem through eradication of
non-native species, restoration of damaged areas, management of
sensitive resources, and maintaining ecologic processes such as sand
movement; (3) enhancement of visitor services; and (4) community
outreach and education programs (TNC n.d.).
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designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act), for Cirsium loncholepis (La Graciosa thistle),
Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc yerba santa), and Deinandra increscens
ssp. villosa [= Hemizonia increscens ssp. villosa] (Gaviota tarplant).
Approximately 27,046 hectares (ha) (66,830 acres (ac)) in San Luis
Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California, are proposed for
designation of critical habitat. Critical habitat receives protection
from destruction or adverse modification through required consultation
under section 7 of the Act with regard to actions carried out, funded,
or authorized by a Federal agency. Section 4 of the Act requires us to
consider economic and other relevant impacts when specifying any
particular area as critical habitat.
We solicit data and comments from the public on all aspects of this
proposal, including data on economic and other impacts of the
designation. We may revise this proposal prior to final designation to
incorporate or address new information received during the comment
period.
The stretch of coast between Pismo Dunes State Preserve and Point
Sal has recently been the focus of a regional conservation planning
effort spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (TNC n.d.). They
consider this area, referred to as the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, to be
one of only four out of the thirteen dune areas in California that
remain relatively natural and undisturbed. Their vision document
includes a four-point plan that calls for: (1) Protection of specific
parcels that support floodplain habitat, the Unocal Guadalupe Oil
Field, the dune scrub lands east of the State Vehicular Recreation
Area, and areas where dune margins interface with agricultural and
ranching lands. This area overlaps in large part with one of the
proposed critical habitat units in this rule. Other measures call for:
(2) ensuring the health of the dune ecosystem through eradication of
non-native species, restoration of damaged areas, management of
sensitive resources, and maintaining ecologic processes such as sand
movement; (3) enhancement of visitor services; and (4) community
outreach and education programs (TNC n.d.).
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